Shloka 13
Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris
Udyoga-parva 94
त्वय्यधीन: शमो राजन् मयि चैव विशाम्पते । पुत्रान् स्थापय कौरव्य स्थापयिष्याम्यहं परान्
tvayy adhīnaḥ śamo rājan mayi caiva viśāmpate | putrān sthāpaya kauravya sthāpayiṣyāmy ahaṃ parān ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Tâu Đại vương, hòa bình tùy thuộc nơi ngài, và cũng tùy thuộc nơi ta, hỡi bậc chúa tể của muôn dân. Hỡi Kaurava, xin hãy kiềm chế các vương tử của ngài trong khuôn phép; còn ta sẽ kiềm chế phe kia—các Pāṇḍava.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Peace is not achieved by blaming the other side; it requires each leader to restrain and discipline their own party. Ethical governance begins with controlling one’s own kin and impulses, making reconciliation a shared duty.
In the context of pre-war negotiations, the speaker emphasizes that a settlement depends on mutual internal control: the Kaurava king must keep his sons in check, while the other mediator/party undertakes to keep the Pāṇḍavas restrained, so that a truce can be maintained.